Taiwan says may shoot down Chinese drones in S.China Sea


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Taiwan coast guard patrol boats seen along the coast of Pratas Islands at South China Sea (Reuters filepix) - A + A TAIPEI (April 7): Taiwan has spotted Chinese drones circling the Taipei-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea and may shoot them down if they stray too close, a government minister said on Wednesday, a move that could dramatically increase tensions with Beijing. Speaking at parliament, Lee Chung-wei, who heads the Ocean Affairs Council under whose purview the Coast Guard falls, said they had recently spotted Chinese drones circling the Pratas, though they have not flown over the...